To buy or not to buy: Family dynamics and children's consumption

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-14

  Evans, Julie ^a   Chandler, Joan ^a  

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Author keywords

Children; Consumption; Families; Inequalities; Pester Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745783105     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1397     Document Type: Review

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